Higher Spin Currents in the N=1 Stringy Coset Minimal Model

TL;DR

This paper explicitly constructs higher spin supercurrents in N=1 supersymmetric models, deriving their algebraic relations and extending the understanding of supersymmetric W_3 algebra structures.

Contribution

It provides explicit expressions for higher spin supercurrents in both free fermion and coset models, and systematically derives their operator product expansions.

Findings

Explicit higher spin supercurrents constructed

Operator product expansions derived for supercurrents

Extended supersymmetric W_3 algebra structure identified

Abstract

This study reconsidered the N=1 supersymmetric extension of the W_3 algebra which was studied previously. This extension consists of seven higher spin supercurrents (fourteen higher spin currents in the components) as well as the N=1 stress energy tensor of spins (3/2, 2). Thus far, the complete expressions for the higher spin currents have not been derived. This paper constructs them explicitly in both the c=4 eight free fermion model and the supersymmetric coset model based on (A_2^{(1)} \oplus A_2^{(1)}, A_2^{(1)})$ at level (3,k). By acting with the above spin-3/2 current on the higher spin-3 Casimir current, its fermionic partner, the higher spin-5/2 current, can be generated and combined as a first higher spin supercurrent with spins (5/2, 3). By calculating the operator product expansions (OPE) between the higher spin supercurrent and itself, the next two higher spin supercurrents can be generated with spins (7/2, 4) and (4, 9/2). Moreover, the other two higher spin supercurrents with spins (4, 9/2) and (9/2, 5) can be generated by calculating the OPE between the first higher spin supercurrent with spins (5/2, 3) and the second higher spin supercurrent with spins (7/2, 4). Finally, the higher spin supercurrents, (11/2, 6) and (6, 13/2), can be extracted from the right hand side of the OPE between the higher spin supercurrents, (5/2, 3) and (4, 9/2).